Example sentences of "concentrate [prep] a few [noun] " in BNC.

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1 As the music begins , concentrate for a few moments on relaxing your body in the usual way .
2 In May 1977 the policy was amended , when it was decided to concentrate on a few tourist growth points in areas of rural depopulation where there was unrealized tourist potential .
3 Toscanini was clearly very much in tune with Mendelssohn 's music , but as in the case of other composers he tended to concentrate on a few scores , and not always those which were best .
4 I will , therefore , concentrate on a few problem shapes and situations .
5 Teaching requirements ensure that within any department there will be expertise in all of these fields , but research interests will inevitably concentrate on a few aspects .
6 All additions concentrated in a few areas This can occur when , for example , recruitment campaigns for customers have taken place in a limited area , or a competitor has gone out of business .
7 Cases of equal numbers of additions to each area and all additions concentrated in a few areas are depicted schematically in Fig. 7.9 .
8 The Kent Impact Study predicted losses of between 4,500 and 6,500 from a total workforce of 12,500 , heavily concentrated in a few ports , and these figures are not disputed by the recent Kent Impact Monitoring Report .
9 Rules ensuring media ownership is not concentrated in a few hands , with restrictions on cross media holdings .
10 Both the ITC and the Radio Authority are to enforce rules ensuring media ownership is not concentrated in a few hands .
11 The evidence for arguing that newspaper — and media — ownership is concentrated in a few hands is fairly abundant ( see Table 4.2 ) but this does not , of itself , provide material for analysing the extent to which ‘ this potential for control is actually realized in practice , how exactly it operates and in whose ultimate interest ( it is ) … ’ .
12 On the minus side , the economy is small , unbalanced and concentrated in a few sectors , particularly electronics , financial services , textiles , whisky and oil .
13 Although the funded consultant posts for junior doctors ' hours will help , these have been concentrated in a few specialties , and the recession has provoked concerns that the rate of consultant expansion may even fall .
14 Bird pollinators include unspecialized nectar eaters , which opportunistically visit many different kinds of flower , generally small ones , and specialized nectar eaters , which concentrate on a few kinds of flower , mainly larger ones .
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